Waiting For Bongky, Indra And Pay To Hold A 'Slank Perjuangan' Concert

Indra, Pay, Bongky (Instagram @payburman)

JAKARTA - In the past week, cyberspace - especially Instagram - has been enlivened by news about the legendary rock band Slank. Not the current Slank, but three former Slank personnel who will hold a concert with a repertoire containing songs from the band's first five albums from Gang Potlot.

The first news came last week. Bongky Ismail Marcell - former Slank Formasi 13 bassist - revealed that he, Pay (guitar) and Indra Qadarsih (keyboard) - who are now flying the BIP flag - will perform Slank songs with five to six different vocalists.

"Do you agree if I Pay Indra plus a few singers singing Slank 1-5, made an album with the tour # preF13, who should be a PIC," wrote Bongky, who was then equipped with a laugh emoji. Since then, the virtual world has been 'rowdy' in a positive way.

It is said to be positive, because of the large amount of support that flows. Not only from fans but also from fellow musicians. Among them, Iman J-rocks and Boym (vocalist of Seurieus).

"I'm coming, bro ..." said Iman J-rock in Bongky's uploaded comment column.

"@imaninejrocksofficial man, killed by the sexiest lonely," replied Boym.

In the next post, Bongky emphasized to fans that the concert they will hold is not a Slank Formasi 13 reunion concert, but a BIP concert featuring several guest musicians.

"This is not a reunion. This is a BIP Special Show. Want to play our songs from Slank 1-5, use 5 singers for refreshing '90s," wrote Bongky.

Looks like Bongky's post isn't just raving. In fact, Pay and Indra also uploaded everything related to the concert plan. Indra is seen re-practicing playing Slank's old songs, including Usual, Just Seperate, and American Style.

Pay has even practiced with Bongky and several additional musicians, one of which is Massto Sidharta (Bimbim's younger brother who is the drummer for Kidnap Katrina).

Based on uploaded photos of Ezra Simanjuntak, guitarist for metal band Zi Factor who in his youth hanging out at Potlot, the 31F (Three One Formation) track list - thus the name of this concert project was finally named - reached 30 tracks.

"What I brought was in the session for more than 3 hours. Many people have never performed live. Tired too, right 😆 @payburman @bongqmarcelworld @indraqadarsih @masstosidharta," wrote Ezra.

The track list was then created for a new song, entitled, TITLE. This was done by Pay, Bongky and Massto while waiting for Indra to arrive at the studio.

"The old song is new, the title is still" TITLE ". While waiting for @indraqadarsih who is waiting for the rainbow," Pay wrote.

In recent years, Slank fans have urged Kaka and Bimbim to do Formasi 13 reunion concerts with Bongky, Pay, and Indra. The concert seemed far from reality when Bongky took on Slank due to the butterfly-shaped logo he made, which is still used by Slank.

However, when Bongky was present at Mother Iffet's birthday celebration at Potlot, fans began to see a bright spot at this reunion concert. However, it then disappeared again because Bimbim and Kaka had not confirmed when the concert would take place.

Bongky, who wanted to treat the fans' disappointment, then intended to hold a BIP concert with a number of guest musicians. More precisely, the 'Slank Perjuangan' concert.

A little backwards, Bongky, Pay, and Indra were fired by Bimbim when Slank worked on the album Lagi Sad in 1996. The three of them then formed BIP (Baongky, Indra, Pay) in the same year which was followed up with the release of the debut album Turun dari Langit five years later.

While waiting for the official schedule for the Slank Perjuangan aka 31F concert, keep an eye on Instagram @bongqmarcelworld, @payburman, and @indraqadarsih to see their preparations for bringing masterpiece songs from the album Suit ... Suit ... He ... He (Sexy Girl) (1990), Kampungan (1991), Piss (1993), Generation Blue (1994), and Minorities (1996).